energy landscape. the international energy agency is saying that the u.s. will become the top oil producer in the world by 2020. surpassing saudi arabia, surpassing russia and it's going to do this with the focus that we've had and the growing support of the north american fracking industry. that's really going to help to bring us to that nearly 10 million barrels per day which is what saudi arabia is producing right now. we are looking at these numbers also as an indication that as the u.s. continues to produce more oil and as we continue to consume less oil in our transportation sector with the fuel efficiency standards set in place, it's likely the u.s. will become self-sufficient for oil needs by 2035. that's another prediction by the international energy agency. this is a huge prediction on their part. they haven't made a prediction like this in the past. it has a lot to do with self-sufficiency in the u.s. story coming from environment moves that have been made perhaps under the obama administration as the chief economist pointed out in a press confer